I always remembered by mom being against bursting crackers- she just taught me that it wasn't good the environment and hurt the little birds but she tolerated others bursting crackers. Due to her belief her WhatsApp DP consisted of an image that promoted a green Diwali.
One year I noticed the display picture- it was that of a dog who had a board around its neck that said "Please don't burst crackers. "I was shook and that message melted my sensitive heart the things my mom told me earlier and from that year I skipped bursting crackers and stayed home lighting diyas. Around that time I learnt more about global warming ,climate change and pollution I realized that what I did this year was great and I made a resolution not to burst crackers and spread awareness about them. I used to do my part whenever they asked us about pollution, global warming in exams and worksheets I always mentioned bursting crackers as point 1. Crackers aren't the major source of pollution but I always mentioned it because the pollution due to crackers is caused due ignorance if we had kept the ecosystem in mind pollution levels would be much lesser. I am proud to say that my resolution has been going for 3 -4 years and by following this I haven't lost a thing in fact I have gained a lot of satisfaction. I am staunchly against crackers and the fact that people are bursting crackers during a pandemic which effects the lungs is what haunts me. I don't want to impose this on you but I think we all can go without bursting crackers. After all Diwali is the festival of light not sound and harmful gasses.
**I would really like to thank my mother for inspiring me to celebrate a green Diwali:)
Happy Diwali!!
Well I think that we cannot fully ban crackers, but we can reduce the usage of them.
ReplyDeleteYes, And that would be really great
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